Action-packed day out

Today, we made someone’s day: we agreed to go on a tour with Made. He was so excited. Actually we were too, a private car would be the only way to see the things that we had heard about and we had a very interesting day.

We:
- attended a barong dance (more about that later)
- watched a cremation procession
- visited a 200 year old temple
- visited 1000 year old baths and a cave temple
- Saw 14th century cave paintings
- went to a spice garden (or “The Spicy” as Made called it)
- got a good view of Batur volcano
- watched a procession of marching kids celebrating national day
- relented and agreed to be taken to a tourist restaurant
- visited “my brother’s” woodcarving shop
- Had afternoon tea complete with yummy green pancakes filled with sweet coconut paste